James W. OWENS

(1837-1900)

OWENS, James W., a
Representative from Ohio; born in Springfield Township, Franklin
County, Ind., October 24, 1837; pursued academic studies; was
graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1862; during the
Civil War enlisted in the Union Army as a private in the Twentieth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months’ service;
reenlisted and was made first lieutenant of Company A, Eighty-sixth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the reorganization of
that regiment was made captain of Company K; attended the law
department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1864 and
1865; was admitted to the bar in 1865 and commenced practice in
Newark, Licking County, Ohio; elected prosecuting attorney of
Licking County in 1867 and reelected in 1869; elected to the State
senate in 1875; reelected in 1877, and served as president of that
body; member of the board of trustees of Miami University
1878-1896; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and
Fifty-second Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1893); chairman,
Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior
(Fifty-second Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in
1892; resumed the practice of his profession; died in Newark,
Licking County, Ohio, on March 30, 1900; interment in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present